Possible reconstruction of female costume in grobina: Baltic influence and Scandinavian style

In the study of development of costume in different countries and especially in Europe, no special studies have been conducted concerning the costume during Scandinavian Vendel period, which coincides with the time when a Norse colony was founded in Grobina. Unfortunately, like in the rest of Scandinavia, women were usually cremated, so that the textile finds are few in number and there is no direct evidence of the dress. The aim of the paper is to characterize the possible details of women's dress on the basis of the information from Grobina, Gotland and mainland Sweden, including analysis of the possible Curonian influence on the costume in the Grobina colony. It should be noted, however, that this hypothesis is based only on the archaeological discoveries, and the proposed reconstruction is therefore hypothetical.